His Holiness Pope John Paul II died on the 2 April 2005.

Click on his photo below to read about our beloved Pope John II.

Pope Benedict XVI resigned on 28th February 2013.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope on 19 April 2005 and choose the name Pope Benedict XVI.
He resigned for reasons of health on 28th February 2013. He was succeded on 13th March 2013 by Pope Francis.
We in Ballinteer Parish pray for Pope Francis and we also remember Pope Benedict XVI in our prayers.

Prayer to
Saint Pio

O God, you gave Saint
Pio of Pietrelicina, Capuchin priest, the great privilege of
participating in a unique way in the passion of Your Son, grant me
through his intercession the grace of … which I ardently desire;
and above all grant me the grace of living in conformity with the
death of Jesus, to arrive at the glory of the resurrection.